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A2K A2K (formerly known as Accutron 2000) is a small, simple, and unobtrusive IRC bot. It is meant to do only a few things, do them well, and generally be seen and not heard. It is written in Python, and thus should theoretically run anywhere you have Python and a working TCP/IP stack.

AFR Automated File Retrieval (AFR) is a plugin for X-Chat. It is a queue-based file retrieval utility that can download files from many different types of file servers on IRC.

AutoProfile 'AutoProfile' is an extension to Gaim that lets users create customized away messages and profiles that can include dynamic content such as fortune quotes, computer uptime, and timestamps. The managing system handles the automatic periodic update of content text. Users configure the system throough a GUI, then set an away message simply by typing "/away" into an IM window and "/back" to do the opposite.

BSFlite 'BSFlite' is a minimalistic, line-based AIM client. It is designed with simplicity and efficiency in mind and thus utilises as little RAM and CPU time as possible in order to be friendly to multiuser systems. It uses the OSCAR protocol to communicate with the AIM service. Instead of having a full screen console interface, BSFlite uses a command shell interface that lets you type without needlessly sifting through windows. It supports most standard AIM features, except chat rooms and block lists.

Bitlbee An IRC server which can forward what you say to people on other chat networks: Jabber, ICQ, AIM, MSN and Yahoo.

BlameHangle IRC bot that strives to do common tasks without blocking by using asynchronous sockets, threads and callbacks.

Bpquotes 'bpquotes' is a quotations database designed for letting IRC users submit amusing quotes for others to see.

CGI:IRC CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that allows you to use IRC from a Web browser without having to have access to an IRC port. It does not use Java, but it does need a browser capable of rendering frames. It can be used on a Web page to allow users to chat, or it can be used to access chat from behind a firewall. CGI:IRC has an interface similar to many GUI IRC clients, with a tab for each channel, userlist and options tab (when used in modern, version 5+ browsers). Older browsers degrade to a single windowed interface with a slower updating userlist.

CWirc CWirc is a plugin for the X-Chat IRC client to transmit raw Morse code over the internet using IRC servers as reflectors. The transmitted Morse code can be received in near real-time by other X-Chat clients with the CWirc plugin. CWirc tries to emulate a standard amateur radio rig: it sends and receives Morse over virtual channels, and it can listen to multiple senders transmitting on the same channel. Morse code is keyed locally using a straight or iambic key connected to a serial port, or using the mouse buttons, and sound plays through the sound card, or through an external sounder.

Chaosircd 'chaosircd' is an IRC daemon with commands, channel modes, user modes, and flood control implemented as runtime (re)loadable modules. DNS and AUTH (ident) queries are done in a single child process so as to not waste valuable file descriptors and responsiveness. It also features a server-server protocol using timestamps for netsplit handling similar to TS5 (hybrid), and OpenSSL encrypted server-server and client-server connections.

ChatRelater Chat Relater is a tool consisting of two command-line scripts:

• The analyzer extracts user relations from chat logs. The gained data is serialized as YAML.
• The visualizer takes that data and utilizes GraphViz to create a graph.

Chirpy! Chirpy! is an online quote management system. It allows you to keep a database of quotes by friends and foes. It is most useful for quotes collected on IRC channels. Both the default Web frontend and MySQL backend can be replaced at will.

Chupacabra Chupacabra is an IRC bot that aims to be small, fast and reliable. It's meant for channel administration on any IRC network, and currently supports kick, auto-op, topic, and more.

Ctrlproxy 'ctrlproxy' is an IRC server with multiserver support. It runs as a daemon and connects to a number of IRC servers, then lets you to connect from a workstation and work as the user who is logged in to the IRC server. After you disconnect, it maintains the connection to the server. It acts like any normal IRC server, so you can use any IRC client to connect to it. It supports multiple client connections to one IRC server (under the same nick), so you can connect to IRC using your IRC nick, even if you have an IRC session open somewhere else. It supports logging (in the same format as the irssi IRC client), password authentication, and ctcp (in case no clients are connected).

Dircproxy 'dircproxy' is an IRC proxy server ("bouncer") for people who use IRC from lots of different workstations or clients, but wish to remain connected and see what they missed while they were away. Users connect to IRC through dircproxy, and remain connected to the server, even after a client is detached from it. While they're detached, 'dircproxy' logs channel and private messages as well as important events; when users reattach it downloads those logs to you using ordinary IRC protocol.

ERC ERC is an IRC client for Emacs. It supports multiple channel presence, elaborate faces' setup, pals' list, smiley and header-line support for Emacs 21, and the ability to pop up/create query buffers on private messages.

Eggdrop Eggdrop is an IRC bot. It sits on a channel and takes protective measures to keep the channel from being taken over (in the few ways that anything can), to recognize banished users or sites and reject them, to recognize privileged users and let them gain ops, etc. You access your shell acount with a username and password, via a telnet connection or ftp; you then find yourself at a command prompt where you can execute various programs, manipulate files and check email. You upload your personal files (ie webpages or graphics) via FTP.

Galaxium Messenger Galaxium is a MSN instant messenger service client that runs on GTK+ 2.6 or later. Built primarily for the GNOME environment on GNU/Linux. It was originally written by Adam Peck and Philippe Durand, students of the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.
Currently is in early development stages and is current only a chat client. You cannot transfer files or have video/audio conversations. We do encourage you to try it and comment on the application interface and features. Stay up to date as things are moving towards adding these features at a steady pace.

Gossip Gossip is an instant messaging client for Gnome. Its goal is to make instant messaging as easy as possible, while giving users of the GNOME desktop a user-friendly way of keeping in touch with their friends. The package has been translated in to thirteen languages.

Ii ii is a minimalist FIFO and filesystem-based IRC client. It creates an irc directory tree with server, channel and nick name directories. In every directory a FIFO in file and a normal out file is created. The in file is used to communicate with the servers and the out files contain the server messages. For every channel and every nick name there are related in and out files created. This allows IRC communication from the command line. Join a channel as follows: $ echo "/j #wmii" > in and ii creates a new #wmii (channel) directory with in and out files.